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Some WCIT-12 statistics

I’ve been working on some substantial posts about WCIT-12, but have been sidetracked by statistics. They’re shorter, display nicely in graphs, and don’t require as many words to be written about them. So until I finish my other articles, enjoy these numbers:

WCIT-12 document statistics

As of 2 pm Dubai time:

Document type

Number of documents

Administrative (ADM)

25 + 12 Revisions

Contribution (C)

51 + 14 Revisions + 9 Addendum + 2 Corrigendum

Limited Distribution (DL)

22 + 4 Revisions

Temporary Documents (TD/DT)

48 + 18 Revisions + 1 Corrigendum

Informational (INF)

3

Total

149 + 48 Revisions + 9 Addedum + 3 Corrigendum

Notes on the above:

There are 3 Informational documents, but they are numbered 2 through to 4. A week into WCIT-12, INF1 is still a placeholder for a document “be posted in due time”.

Contribution C3 is a tangle of Revisions, Addendum and Corrigendum, so I may not have the total number of Contribution documents and variations correct. To explain my confusion, here are the C3 documents currently listed:

Addendum 3

Addendum 2

Revision 2

Revision 2 Corrigendum 1

Revision 2 Corrigendum 2

Addendum 1 Revision 1

What can we learn from the large numbers of documents in each category above? When combined with the punishing schedule of Ad Hoc Group, Working Group, Delegation, Committee and Plenary sessions, it’s easy to see why delegates are getting confused about what document is under discussion at any given point in time.

Gender breakdown of WCIT-12 attendees

Using the ITU document ADM4, which in its current incarnation lists all WCIT-12 delegates who had arrived onsite as of 6 December, we have: